I picked up a 2442 at a store in Florida last year, but it's not gold plated. I just looked at it again, and the feed is different from my other 5 Esties. The grooves don't go all the way around; the bottom of the feed is a smooth cylindrical shape. What does yours look like?

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Thanks for the info Antoniosz - I looked on Brian's site and did not see anything to help me identify it.
I like the smaller size of the pen (it's like an LJ) and it's an Esterbrook with a removable gold nib. I've read about people trying to put gold nibs into esterbrook nib units, it sounds like a lot of work with the possibility of ruining a nib. It was neat to find this pen.

Thanks for the info Antoniosz - I looked on Brian's site and did not see anything to help me identify it.
I like the smaller size of the pen (it's like an LJ) and it's an Esterbrook with a removable gold nib. I've read about people trying to put gold nibs into esterbrook nib units, it sounds like a lot of work with the possibility of ruining a nib. It was neat to find this pen.

A while back I bought an Estie off eBay and when it arrived I found that it had an Eversharp 14K nib instead of the usual Estie steel nib. I was intrigued and had another Estie nib assembly with a ruined nib, so I applied gentle heat and carefully drove the nib/feed out of the collar, then fitted a no-name 14K nib that seemed to me to be about the same size and curvature as the Estie nib and (with gentle heat again) pushed it and the Estie feed back into the collar. Now I have a screw-in 14K nib that I can use in any of my Esties.

I have heard that the collars are sometimes rather brittle, so this transplant should be done very carefully.

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